Jobs in Japan
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Jobs in Japan
Explore hand-picked jobs in Japan for English speakers across tech, education, marketing, and more.
Vetted companies only. Apply from overseas.
MicrosoftThe Devices Supply Chain organization is responsible for delivering the right products to customers at the right time, cost, and quality supporting a Global, highly complex hardware portfolio. We partner closely across Product, Finance, and Sales & Marketing to plan, build, and deliver Surface & Xbox devices through Sales & Operations planning process. Our mission is to build and ship the products we love. The APOC Sales & Operations Execution Manager role will have end-to-end responsibility for the management of the Surface Devices and Accessories business for APOC region (Asia Pacific Operations). Key responsibilities include managing stakeholder relationships across the Devices Supply Chain, Finance and Sales Operations organizations. The role will lead the demand and supply planning processes, aligning them with product strategy and financial plans to ensure our field teams can provide retail partners with reliable product availability. You must demonstrate proven skills in managing complex internal and external relationships and demonstrate experience in leading strategic projects from requirements to implementation. Solid verbal and written communication skills, leadership and analytical thinking are also necessary to have the right level of impact and influence. The S&OE partners closely with supply chain leads, Finance, Category leads and customer operations teams to identify inefficiencies, surface risks, build scalable reporting frameworks, and support scenario-based planning that enables resilient and efficient supply chain performance. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. A successful candidate for this role will bring effective analytical and communication skills, driving solid decisions under continued uncertainty and change, while also driving continued improvement in our operations, processes, and tools. Responsibilities include owning end-to-end alignment of demand and supply planning with product strategy and financial targets; leading Sales & Operations Execution forums to balance demand and supply risks and drive clarity and alignment across functional teams; engaging and building positive relationships with stakeholders across Supply Chain, Channel Management, Category, Sales, Finance and Logistics; proactively identifying and mitigating risks and opportunities; continually developing and improving processes and tools to keep pace with a changing business environment and evolving tools like AI; building trust and credibility with internal, cross-functional and partner teams; managing and balancing stakeholder escalations and determining which requests should be escalated; connecting customer and partner opportunities with internal stakeholders and advocating for customers and partners; defining, developing and implementing demand plans, supply plans, risks and opportunities, and KPI tracking; and collaborating with internal stakeholders to finalize project budgets and scope of work to meet financial and company goals while ensuring adherence to change control processes.
- Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Data Analytics, Business Operations, Finance, or related field AND 8+ years experience in data science/analytics, engineering, industrial engineering, supply chain, operations, or project management with a supply chain or operations field, OR equivalent experience. - Language fluency both in Japanese and English. - Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements, including passing the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
- Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Information Technology, Business, Operations, Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years supply chain, inventory management or sales operations experience, preferably in planning (demand/supply), supplier relationship management, customer relationship management, and/or channel management experience, OR equivalent experience.
